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spider stitched adj. Of a drinker: filling every conversational gap with fine, interconnected threads. spider strainered adj. Of a drinker who has had enough to retain the small edible matters and lose the rest. Ebonie-mai became spider strainered and rescued the garnish from every unattended plate. spider strapped adj. Describing a drinker who has arranged several supports, none of them in agreement. spider syndromed adj. A drinker who has developed a marked reluctance to trust the stairs. spider tabled adj. A drinker so far gone that the legs remain present but no longer offer much assistance. Maryalyce was spider tabled, standing beside the taxi while her legs offered limited assistance. spider veined adj. The state of being drunk and showing several small routes by which the evening has spread. Ionela was spider veined, with the evidence appearing chiefly around her cheeks. spider wasped adj. Drunk to the extent of stalking the furniture, then attempting to drag it home for dinner. spider webbed adj. Sufficiently drunk to catch at every departing coat as though it were passing through sticky strands. spider wheelled adj. Drunk on the strength of a circular balance that radiates outwards, each spoke pointing somewhere different. spider wrapped adj. Drunk since last orders, and secured to the nearest chair against unauthorised removal. Lalar was spider wrapped to the armchair, despite claiming the room was trying to steal him. spider wrenched adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring four different approaches to the same door handle. spider's anklesed adj. Drunk by closing time, and regarded by everyone present as outstanding chiefly for remaining upright. Vieno was spider's anklesed, outstandingly balanced until the first step appeared. spider's webbed adj. Having drunk enough to leave every conversation attached to the next, with no clean route to the exit. Lubina became spider's webbed and spent twenty minutes connected to strangers by unfinished stories. spider-catchered adj. Still drunk, and clinging vertically to the wall while announcing the route down. Yarexi was spider-catchered against the corridor wall, directing traffic towards the stairs. spider-feared adj. Sufficiently drunk to turn every small movement into an eight-legged emergency. Alane was spider-feared and crossed the kitchen sideways whenever the curtains stirred. spider-hunting wasped adj. Having drunk enough to pursue the source of every shadow, preferably beneath the furniture.